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. 2020 Sep 23;12:144. doi: 10.1186/s13148-020-00935-0

Table 3.

Energy expenditure measured using a GENEActiv Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometer at baseline, after 4 months and 12 months of intervention in the total study population and by gender (mean ± SD)

Baseline (B) 4 months (4 m) 12 months (12 m) p (B vs 4 m) p (B vs 12 m)
Sedentarism (min/d) All 397.0 ± 77.0 365.2 ± 73.6 255.5 ± 85.2 < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Boys 397.0 ± 68.3 354.2 ± 60.4 243.0 ± 78.4 < 0.0001 < 0.001
Girls 397.1 ± 85.6 375.7 ± 86.8 268.9 ± 92.1 < 0.0001 < 0.001
Physical activity
 Light (min/d) All 667.4 ± 72.3 670.2 ± 87.3 789.2 ± 92.0 < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Boys 663.6 ± 63.2 675.6 ± 93.0 797.5 ± 91.9 < 0.0001 < 0.001
Girls 671.4 ± 80.9 665.2 ± 82.1 780.4 ± 92.1 < 0.0001 < 0.001
 Moderate (min/d) All 15.3 ± 15.5 35.5 ± 14.8 28.0 ± 17.4 < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Boys 18.9 ± 18.0 40.5 ± 16.5 31.7 ± 19.9 < 0.0001 0.01
Girls 11.6 ± 11.5 30.7 ± 11.2 24.0 ± 13.4 < 0.0001 < 0.001
 Vigorous (min/d) All 1.2 ± 3.1 9.1 ± 6.3 7.3 ± 6.4 < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Boys 1.5 ± 3.9 9.7 ± 7.3 7.8 ± 6.9 < 0.0001 < 0.001
Girls 1.0 ± 1.8 8.4 ± 5.2 6.7 ± 5.8 < 0.0001 < 0.001

All, n = 131 participants (n = 70 boys and n = 61 girls; p = 0.65)